A Very Open Prison 28 years old

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

Credits

A Very Open Prison Cast

Name Character
Tom Wilkinson He was 46, now 75 years old as David Hanratty
Celia Imrie She was 43, now 71 years old as Victoria Bridgewater
Stephen Tompkinson He was 30, now 58 years old as Jeremy Craig
Julian Fellowes He was 46, now 74 years old as Sir Mortimer Fawkes
Emily Mortimer She was 24, now 52 years old as Amanda Ellis
Michael Hordern He was 84, 83 years old when he died as Lord Langland
John Fortune He was 56, 74 years old when he died as Prime Minister
Peter Wingfield He was 33, now 61 years old as Dominic Casement
David Sterne He was 49, now 78 years old as Ricky Dorrell
Ronald Pickup He was 55, now 83 years old as Brian Silcott
Trevor Cooper He was 42, now 70 years old as Landlord
Jason Barry He was 22, now 51 years old as Vince Mawhinney
Geoffrey Whitehead He was 56, now 84 years old as Chief Constable Christie
Rory Bremner He was 34, now 62 years old as Voice Over
William Hoyland He was 52, 73 years old when he died as Arthur Hare

A Very Open Prison Crew

Name Department
Guy Jenkin as Director. He was 40 (now 69) years old Directing
A Very Open Prison poster
A Very Open Prison (28 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 09, 1995
  • Runtime: 55 minutes